Leftover Notes and Quotes: Opening Night

If you haven’t read our previous leftover notes and quotes posts, the series is an homage to former Express-News Sports Editor Barry Robinson, who often emptied out random clippings from his reporter’s notebook. We try to do the same in bringing you those small bits that didn’t make it into our other posts, but are still noteworthy.

• In the record books

The San Antonio Spurs held the Memphis Grizzlies to their franchise-low 62 points in a 111-62 thrashing of the Grizz on November 8, 1995. It is also still the largest loss deficit in franchise history.